MSC LEAD will be hosting their annual care package drive to benefit U.S. troops who will be separated from their families while serving overseas this holiday season. With Veterans Day only a week away, get in the spirit of the day by making a contribution. Below is a list of items that will help make the lives of American servicemen and servicewomen a little brighter and comfortable this winter.
LEAD volunteers will also be collecting signatures on greeting cards that will also be sent to troops serving overseas. Local elementary schoolchildren have designed thousands of cards. Now they're just waiting for you to sign them. Visit Rudder Plaza from 10am-2pm all week (Nov. 4th-8th) to sign a card.
Contact lead@msc.tamu.edu if you have any questions about where, what, or how to make a donation.
The following items of the most requested by U.S. troops:
- phone cards (#1 most requested item; so they can phone their loved ones
- VISA and M/C gift cards (#2 most requested item; gives them maximum flexibility
- personal hygiene items
- wet wipes, individually wrapped in foil packs (not gel bottles
- body wipes in plastic pull-out canisters
- disposable razors - men's and women's
- Chap Sticks
- floss
- toothbrushes
- feminine products
- foot powder
- magazines
- books
- fun posters and calendars for dressing the place up
- AA batteries
- AAA batteries
- movie DVDs
- music CDs
- iPODs (empty)
- small earphones
- 1 GB and 2 GB USB memory sticks (external hard drives) (blank)
- beef jerky and sticks
- peanuts and nuts in cans with lids
- tins and packets of flavored coffee and cappuccino
- candy
- gum
- breath mints
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